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Issue: Strange Tales #56
Publication Date: March 1957
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Issues: #56 of 168 Issues (244 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Chipiden Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 12/03/1956
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US and standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Images1
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Metal Master

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #132 published January 1974
as Metal Master [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #167 published January 1979
as Metal Master [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #15 published ?
as Metal Master [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
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Something Is on This Ship!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A ship's mate joins the haunted ship 'Sulu Queen' to find out if the rumors of ghosts are true. When the captain dies of fright, the mate has no idea if there were actual ghosts.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #209 published January 1985
as Something Is on This Ship! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-348
Disclose Notes: Script credit by Martin O'Hearn.
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The Metal Master!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Paul tries to create a perfect artist by building a robot who can paint but the robot tries to hypnotize Paul to serve him. Paul destroys the robot.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-439
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More Than a Mortal!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Joel thinks Shakespeare must have been more than mortal. Two men play a practical joke on him, only to realize later the man who told them to play the joke was Shakespeare.
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In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #209 published January 1985
as More Than a Mortal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-490
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Hide-Out!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Rick finds a piece of crystal which seems to grant his wishes. When he wishes his rivals would be put out of business, they are quickly shut down. However, when the police come for him Rick drops the crystal and it breaks before he can make a wish.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #209 published January 1985
as Hide-Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-444
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The Fountain of Youth

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): David Turner
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #30 published June 1955
was Strange Meeting [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Strange Meeting"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Job Number: G-269
Disclose Notes: The second page follows the next story.
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Nothing Can Stop It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Steven creates a universal solvent but it keeps dissolving through the Earth to an unknown fate.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L-104
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: On the second page of the text story.
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The Shock!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: When Joe touches his radiator the electric charge teleports him across the country. Realizing he can commit robberies and avoid capture he steals from his employer then races home to touch his radiator, but because he didn't pay his bills the power has been shut off.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #209 published January 1985
as The Shock! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-306
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

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